<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamal Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/05/2025.</p> <p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Nahargarh-Wildlife-Sanctuary-NGT-order-May28-2025.pdf"
With loss of habitat and rising incidents of human-bear conflicts plaguing the sloth bear population in Rajasthan, the state government has drawn up an ambitious conservation plan for the nocturnal animal.
Holding mobile towers as a health hazard, the Rajasthan high court on Tuesday directed telecom service providers operating in the state to remove within two months their towers falling in the vicinity
Urban noise could be the key cause of the declining sparrow population in the city. A research on urban noise pollution says it is limiting communication between the birds and their chicks to such an extent
SEI Solar Power Pvt Ltd will raise around $34.3 from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support its proposed greenfield solar farm project in Rajasthan. SEI Solar is a joint venture between Singapore-based SunEdison Energy and Astronergy Solar Korea Co Ltd The fund raising will help the company develop, construct, own and operate a 24 Mw greenfield solar PV power plant at Ugaras village in Jodhpur district.
JAIPUR: All encroachments in BSF Amanishah Nullah, a dry river bed zigzagging through the city, will have to go by May 2013. The Rajasthan high court set the six-month deadline on Wednesday, though the state government requested nine months for the 'unpopular task' that it will now have to complete in an election year. In another significant move, the court issued notices to 10 colonisers/societies allegedly responsible for the encroachments in the nullah and asked them to explain why they should not be made to pay the compensation. At the same time, the government has been told to probe the roles of its officers who connived with these colonisers/societies in settling people there.
Jaipur: A division bench of Rajasthan high court on Monday issued notices to the state and Central governments seeking their response to a PIL seeking to nullify the first-come-first-serve rule adopted for allotment of mining leases for precious minor minerals in the state. The order came on a PIL filed by one Battulal Meena who challenged the rules framed under Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1986. The PIL claims that the lease for extracting minor minerals like limestone, marble, granite etc, are being allotted under firstcome-first-serve basis while low quality and less priced mineral stones like chezza stone is being awarded through public auction which is highly arbitrary and whimsical.
Seeks Time Frame On Amanishah Jaipur: The “selective approach” of the state government in removing encroachments in the Amanishah Nullah made the Rajasthan high court see red on Monday with the bench asking, “Are we in a jungle raj in Rajasthan?” Pulling up the state for tardy governance, a division bench of Rajasthan HC asked chief secretary C K Mathew to file an affidavit by Wednesday on a time frame to remove the remaining encroachments.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister C. P. Joshi on Sunday said the Centre would shortly sanction Rs.4,355 crore for construction of roads of the length of 1,302 km in Rajasthan after its recent decision for development of infrastructure through public-private partnership. Dedicating three newly-built road underpasses at Vaishali Nagar here to the people, Mr. Joshi said 1,500-km-long roads to be added to the national highways would also be approved for the State, even as the construction of 1,243-km-long roads is in progress at a cost of Rs.10,720 crore.
Mumbai The July-September financial reportcards of India's major power producers, such as Tata Power and Adani Power, reflect that issues such as fuel availability, tariff renegotiations and pass through of rising costs still loom over industry. Stagnating production at Coal India and lower gas output at the country's flagship KG-D6 block have led to shortages of fuel used in conventional power plants, forcing power producers to increase imports and driving up costs.
Tough Time For Those With Respiratory Disorders Jaipur: Call it post-Diwali blues as number of people with respiratory problems queuing outside city hospitals saw a sharp rise over the last two days. The level of air pollution increased significantly during Diwali compared to previous year. At certain places, it was two times the figures recorded for 2011. According to the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) which measured the air quality at its monitoring stations, in almost every part of the city, except one place, the pollution level went up during the festival.
